It's Friday night in Kabul, Afghanistan. Thousands of Afghans are crowding the entrance to the Intercontinental Hotel, hoping to get tickets to the show being taped inside; millions more are crowding into homes, stores, mud huts...wherever the bright light of a TV beckons...
Rumors fly that even the Taliban are gathering in an undisclosed location to watch.
This is the big night: the finals in a competition that has swept this war torn country...a singing contest called Afghan Star.
15 million Afghans,...
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